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Visual Basic is a programming language and accompanying IDE (integrated development environment) from Microsoft. A successor to the BASIC family of programming languages, it focused on ease of use and rapid application development. Support for it ended in 2008 and it has since been succeeded by Visual Basic .NET, a fully object-oriented programming language based on the .NET framework.

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Transform linked images to embedded images

I have imported a HTML report into word by opening it (open index.html in Word) and copy / paste the result as an annex into my Doc. It worked fine, except that all the images (200 of them) are actually links to the images on my hard drive. Hence,…
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Minimize all windows on the active monitor

I'm looking for a way to use a keyboard shortcut to minimize all the windows on the monitor that currently has my mouse on it. I found this page: http://vbcity.com/forums/t/163339.aspx but that appears to be hardcoded to minimize windows on a…
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Getting "Msstdfmt.dll missing" when starting Visual Basic 6 application

I need to run an old application written in Visual Basic 6 under Windows 7 x64. When I open it I obtain a message complaining that the library msstdfmt.dllcannot be found. I've tried to install the latest VB 6 runtime available here but I still get…
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Is there a way to search for equations in Word 2007 documents?

I have many large Word 2007 documents containing a few dozen equations each. Is there a way to locate the equations using Word's Find command, or do I have to hunt for them old-school? I tried searching for a graphic (^g) and and field (^d), but…
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Alternative for VC++ 6.0

Hi all I'm using Vista(32-bit). I need to work on VC++ for MFC applications. I have installed Visual C++ 6.0 on my system which is incompatible. Can someone please suggest an alternative for VC++ 6.0. By googling, I found an application called…
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Error Loading VB 6 Project In Windows 7 - MSComCtl2

I can't open my VB6 project on any Windows 7 machine. I did a clean OS install on a machine. The OS is Windows 7 Pro SP1 32 bit. All I have installed on this machine is VB6 Enterprise and Office 2007 Enterprise. When I try to open my VB6 project I…
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How to set auto-replies for certain days in Microsoft Outlook?

I have a lazy colleague who always forgets to put her Out of Office on two days during the week when she is not at work. My question is, Is there a way in Microsoft Outlook via VB or a rule to send the auto replies on on certain days during the…
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Macro to insert Comment Bubbles in Microsoft Word?

I have a problem, and I want to know if a macro can solve it: I'd like a macro that can go through a Microsoft Word document, find every occurrence of a text string, and then highlight the string and create a comment bubble (the kind you get using…
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What does "32bit apps running in WOW only" means?

I'm trying to run an application made with Visual Basic 6.0 on a Windows 7 64 bit edition. The application is asking me for the DLL vb6es.dll. I have copied this file from a Windows XP into the C:\Windows\system32 directory, but I continue getting…
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Is it possible to sort a table by entry modification date? Specifically, how to access from VBA the last modification time of an object?

I have a MS Word document where I accumulate and frequently modify certain data in a very long table. So I would like to sort the data by latest modification time in the rows. Of course if I add a column where I enter the modification time by hand…
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Excel visual basic function across workbooks?

This seems like it should be a common issue, but I couldn't find anything on it, maybe I'm just searching for the wrong thing. Basically I get sent a lot of workbooks that need specific modifications done to them, so I decided to write a little vb…
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How to register a macro programmatically?

I have like 700 machines in which I need to deploy a new macro we have created. Is there any way to do this via cmd?
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How can I change default VB script editor

How can I change the default VB script editor in Windows? Is this possible?
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Edit strings of exe file with no resources

I am trying to edit some hardcoded textstrings of a simple application called mininotify, because I want to do some translation. The program has been abandoned by its developer some years ago, and he doesn't answer when I contact him. The…
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Returning Shapes to Default in Excel

I have around 70 shapes in a planning document i use for work, everything is fine but i am trying to add a new feature. These shapes are changed using edit points each week to show up on a map, but sometimes shape "A" may not get used in which i…
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